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Somewhere in November of 2013 I had a crazy idea: to do a jetpack template using all the available images. So, I managed to do most of the basic drawings and was satisfied by the results:

Then came the winter holidays vacation and somehow my hunger for working on things related to Boba Fett vanished... My only explanation for this is that I have reached the saturation level, which happens when you do a thing for a long time, or eat the same food each day (the same thing happened in the first half of 2013 before I managed to finish the RWH v2 templates and build).

In early May I got the bug back while I saw some 3D models and I said to myself that I have to try to do the jetpack in 3D. But without proper introduction or knowledge for such programs, I failed big time, so I dropped this approach. After 2-3 weeks I saw an online tutorial and a new world opened before me: the world of 3D. Armed with SketchUp Pro, I started experimenting on shapes and forms following the step-by-step online tutorials and parts of the jetpack were created using my 2D drawings as a guide:

(Notice the segmented circles on the jetpack rocket and its base. I did them with the default 24 segments, while the jetpack trusters were made with 96 segments, so I'll need to redo the jetpack and the rocket).

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Update - 30.11.2014
Managed to redo and finish the jetpack with all the greeblies (I used mainly the ESB era jetpacks as a guide), but sadly the main body will not be 3D printable as I didn't added wall thickness to the model; all the other parts will be posted as 3D printable models until the end of this year. While this is far from being perfect, it is still a beautiful piece and I love it... a lot! On to the images:

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Update - 14.12.2014
The link to more images was updated with images of all the jetpack parts and the jetpack body. I also added all the links to the 3D models. Because I can't upload the jetpack body to Shapeways (the body is not 3D printable - sorry), I will add the model archived in a ZIP file:

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Update - 30.07.2014
I added links to Shapeways for each model.

It seems that in the conversion process, the model got some extra walls (one is on the inner part of the Eveready Minilight, and the other is on the sonic beam weapon). I'll post the models on the Sketchup 3D Warehouse too, but that will be in this weekend.

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Update - 01.08.2014
I managed to open the STL files in SolidWorks and all the models are fine. The errors/walls that appear on Shapeways are created by their 3D engine. What a relief!

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Update - 12.10.2014
Here are all the parts used on the Supertrooper automatic blaster, more exactly the aluminum plate and its components:

It seems that this part was originally glued to the stock rotated to right with 90 degree, but in the other scenes changed its orientation with 90 degree to the left. The logical reason for this is that these pieces glued to the blaster fall off often and were re-glued in a hurry.

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Update - 25.01.2015
Finally I managed to finish all the Boba Fett helmets: the Supertrooper (clean/dentless), the Pre-Pro #1 (with the gash) and the other versions (with the dent).

The man strikes again! Looks good ! Could have used the base and top template for the my pack 6 months ago for my build but did my own, may have to use yours when they are finished to do another pack, wish I had computer skills to something this good.

The man strikes again! Looks good ! Could have used the base and top template for the my pack 6 months ago for my build but did my own, may have to use yours when they are finished to do another pack, wish I had computer skills to something this good.

The end of the first post was updated with the shoulder and cod stud with plates model, but also with the Panorama hand telescope model, which is a very close candidate for the Supertrooper/Pre-Pro/Promo sling gun barrel.

Oh man. . . how awesome! Can't imagine how many hours/days went into
creating these files. You've proven again how skilled and generous you are!

Thanks a lot for the nice words, Eric!
Some of the models were easy to do, especially that I had my own blueprints as a guide, while other models (like the jetpack thrusters) were difficult to do, as I had to redo some of the shapes as I wasn't satisfied by the result. The easier models took me 4-6 hours in 2-3 days (because I don't have that much free time as I used too), while the more complicated models took me several days or weeks to get the final shapes.